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Tattoo placement opinions (will delete later) (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 day ago by dingus@lemmy.world to c/tattoos@lemmy.ml
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Hey so I'll delete this in a bit so it doesn't clog up the page lol.

So the shoulder tattoo is the newest and I love it. I wasn't planning to get any more tattoos on my arms and I'm instead going to be moving to my legs.

But I'm almost kind of regretting getting the tattoo on a different arm than the first two.

For my legs...I was going to put them all on only one leg...the same side as the shoulder tattoo, leaving the other leg blank.

Do you think this balance looks fine, or is it missing something on one of these sides? I was dead set on calf and ankle placement for my next (same side as shoulder), but now I'm wondering if it should be on my arms instead.

I'm still 90% likely to go calf on the same side as a the shoulder, but I'm curious of your opinions.

Thanks and sorry for the dirty mirror!!! Don't judge I'll be cleaning up to host my family this weekend lmao!!

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[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

As per what another poster said, if you wanted to work up to having a, or two, patchwork sleeves, then work on filling it in ... short of that, do what you feel, there's no rules and many people have them scattered without any pattern or plan :-)

Meanwhile, I have a half-sleeve which is a collection of smaller tattoos that span 20 years, and started on the other side in November, because I always fancied that before I could afford it

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That's super awesome that you've built it up like that over time! My idea was to start going for patchwork on my leg and be done with my arms, really.

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 hours ago

Then you're done with your arms ;-)